American Traffic Solutions hopes to help drive home an important message with their annual public safety videos by highlighting the worst red-light running crashes every year.

These crashes are difficult to watch, but we want drivers to realize what could happen when someone recklessly runs a red light. Running a red light to save a little time is not worth the risk of causing a potentially deadly collision.

ATS President David Roberts

“ATS expects this video will make the public more aware of what is at stake when someone runs a red light. We encourage all drivers to stop on red.”

According to ATS, one in three Americans know someone who has been injured or killed in a red-light running crash. 7,799 people were killed in red-light running collisions from 2004-2013.

Half of the deaths in red-light running crashes are pedestrians, bicyclists and occupants in other vehicles.

U.S. and worldwide studies show a 25% to 30% reduction in injury crashes at locations with red-light safety cameras. Check out the studies conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety at www.iihs.org.